Michele Ruiters (Dr)

Michele Ruiters (Dr) was appointed to the ZWRCN Board in March, 2008. She has worked with the Development Bank of South Africa since 2008 in various capacities. She is currently Regional Integration Specialist, Knowledge Management and Innovation, Strategy Division. Prior to this she was Senior Researcher, Multilateral Programme, Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) in South Africa (2006 – 2008). She has worked as an academic including at the University of Pretoria, South Africa and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America. Michele is an accomplished researcher, and also has extensive experience in organizational development and corporate systems issues and practice.